Nature retreats:

        - Contemplative Nature Retreat: Villa Maria Center (www.villamariaretreats.org)
October 10-12, 2008 (Friday evening - Sunday afternoon). This retreat includes outdoor contemplative exercises to attune you to the natural world and enhance your relationship with God through nature. Cost includes room & board, a Nature Retreat Workbook, morning and evening prayer services, light prayer yoga and breathing exercises, and personal spiritual direction. Contact me before Sept. 30 to reserve your place.
- Open to adults over 18
- $240: 2 nights, single room, 1 person
- $290: 2 nights, double/shared, 2 people
- $170 overnight, single
- $220 overnight, double
- All options include meals. Send $50 deposit before Sept. 30, 2008

        - Care of Creation: Spiritual and Ethical Choices for Living in Harmony with Creation:
This retreat includes conferences, readings, and discussions on how to live in closer harmony with God's creation by weaving intentional spiritual and ethical practices into your life. Includes exercises for reflecting on these issues outdoors in a natural setting. Daily prayer services and spiritual direction are also offered (Not scheduled)

Contemplative living retreats:

        - Introduction to Contemplative Prayer and Contemplative Living

        - Contemplation and Action: Insights from recent contemplative writers

        - Contemplation and Work

Praying with Icons: This workshop takes you through a history of iconography, a close study of a few icons, the theology and spirituality of icons, methods of praying before an icon, and a chance to design your own icon.